New Mandatory Evacuations now ordered for areas in and around Orange, TXSabine River will crest late tonight

W of 105 and N of I 10Pine ForestRose CityLow lying areas of unincorporated Orange County north of Interstate 10 and east of Highway 87Low lying areas of unincorporated Orange County west of Highway 105 and north of Interstate 10.

They have designated two shopping centers for people to go to. From there, transportation will be provided to shelters in Louisiana.

flamingosun wrote:Humble Public Schools says that "under the best case scenario" their schools will open on Sept 7

That is a serious push. We are in the Humble ISD. As of now Kingwood High School took on water, I would bet the ranch Kingwood Park High School took on water ( ir is 4 miles down from it) . This is all from San Jacinto River and Lake Houston flooding. I cannot speak for Summer Creek High School, but the huge subdivision that feeds into it took serious water. I know Atascocita High School is ok. That being said, many areas in Humble/Kingwood are still flooded. September 7 is a push. HCC is still wanting to start back on the 5th as per our email last night. That might be a push too.

My ex-husband and his sister are trying to come from Austin tonight and are going around Houston and down highway 90 to bring us supplies and pick up the kids and take them back with them. I'm worried about my parents. They will not leave Vidor. They live outside of the city limits towards Orangefield.

I am kind of nervous about the releases from Dam B. There is a rumor that downtown Beaumont will flood when the Neches River crests on Saturday. Does anyone know anything about that kind of thing? The Fire Chief said she doesn't believe that to be true. But, they were also saying that Toledo Bend was fine a day or so ago too.

WeatherGuesser wrote:Aside from whether or not the buildings are ready, what about the staff and students who might not be? If you don't have a house, are you worried about school?

Something similar happened to my school in Sandy, they ended up putting K-8 in one school because the other school took on 6 feet. It took 2 weeks to get it started up again and on the first day 7/22 kids showed up in our 4th grade class.

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WeatherGuesser wrote:Aside from whether or not the buildings are ready, what about the staff and students who might not be? If you don't have a house, are you worried about school?

Well if this to me, yes, I agree. I was just mentioning the buildings. All day long for he past two days, we heard helicopters fly over our house to the Kingwood Esrates, which is 7 miles from us. My sister in law, who teaches for them, said they might start school in zones..like one zone go today...another tomorrow. I think that would cause more commotion

flamingosun wrote:Humble Public Schools says that "under the best case scenario" their schools will open on Sept 7

That is a serious push. We are in the Humble ISD. As of now Kingwood High School took on water, I would bet the ranch Kingwood Park High School took on water ( ir is 4 miles down from it) . This is all from San Jacinto River and Lake Houston flooding. I cannot speak for Summer Creek High School, but the huge subdivision that feeds into it took serious water. I know Atascocita High School is ok. That being said, many areas in Humble/Kingwood are still flooded. September 7 is a push. HCC is still wanting to start back on the 5th as per our email last night. That might be a push too.

Humble ISD is supposed to provide an update (presumably by text and/or email) by noon this Saturday as to when teachers / staff are to report back. Things could change a lot by then I am guessing/

Last year in Livingston Parish, our schools started back on September 12th after the mid August flood. It involved sharing campuses with non-flooded schools and in my city (Denham Springs), the high school shared a building with Live Oak High School in Watson (just north of DS). Live Oak students went in the morning, and DS students went in the afternoon. We still have schools that are not back in their buildings and have been set up in temporary campuses. I believe that for most, it was good for the kids to get back into a daily routine with their friends.

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And heading toward me! Well, actually, it should just be a glancing blow. Some areas today got 2+" an hour, and 10" total (radar estimates). Nothing like SE Texas, but still substantial, for this far inland.

Some people mentioned that rescuers are using a ticket system to track rescues. Does anyone know what software is being used?

I'm a software engineer who specializes in ITSM systems. (IT Service Management) Basically ticketing systems for big corporations. So I'm very curious what they're using.

supportsystem.com and osticket I believe.

https://cajunnavy.supportsystem.com/, i've seen a couple of different ones for the other navy's but don't have links at the moment. They were also using google doc heavly, along with the Zello and Glympse apps for communication and tracking.

I'm in DevOps myself, and was amazed at how quick it all came together, but I do see room for a permanent tailored solution for Civilian Emergency Dispatch

DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK------------------------------AT 1000 PM CDT...0300 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSIONHARVEY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 34.3 NORTH...AND LONGITUDE 89.0WEST. RADAR AND SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATE THAT TROPICALDEPRESSION HARVEY HAS BEGUN TO SHOW SIGNS OF LOSING TROPICALCHARACTERISTICS IN THE PAST FEW HOURS. HARVEY IS EXPECTED TO LOSETROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS AS IT CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARDTOWARD THE OHIO VALLEY OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS BEFORE DISSIPATINGIN OHIO SATURDAY EVENING.

MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1000 MB...29.53 INCHES.

HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND-------RAINFALL...TROPICAL DEPRESSION HARVEY IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE 2 TO5 INCHES OF RAIN FROM WESTERN TO CENTRAL TENNESSEE AND WESTERN TOCENTRAL KENTUCKY INTO EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA, SOUTHERN OHIOAND WEST CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. LOCALLY HIGHER TOTALS OF 6 TO 8INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FROM WESTERN TENNESSEE TO WEST CENTRALKENTUCKY. THESE RAINS WILL ENHANCE THE FLASH FLOODING RISK ACROSSTHESE AREAS. HOWEVER, WIDESPREAD FLOODING WILL CONTINUE IN ANDAROUND HOUSTON, BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR/ORANGE, AND EASTWARD AROUNDTHE LOUISIANA BORDER THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE EXPECTED HEAVY RAINSSPREADING NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY MAY ALSO LEADTO FLASH FLOODING...INCREASING THE CHANCE OF RIVER AND SMALLSTREAM FLOODING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL IN THE AFFECTED AREA IFYOU ARE IN A SAFE PLACE. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED ROADWAYS.

...SELECTED PRELIMINARY STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES THROUGH 10PM CDT

DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK------------------------------AT 400 AM CDT...0900 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSIONHARVEY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 35.7 NORTH...AND LONGITUDE 87.2WEST. RADAR AND SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATE THAT TROPICALDEPRESSION HARVEY CONTINUES TO SHOW SIGNS OF LOSING TROPICALCHARACTERISTICS IN THE PAST FEW HOURS. MUCH OF THE MODERATE TOHEAVY RAINS ARE NOW ORGANIZED TO THE NORTH OF THE CIRCULATIONCENTER AHEAD OF A WARM FRONT. HARVEY IS EXPECTED TO BECOMEEXTRATROPICAL AS IT CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD TOWARD THEOHIO VALLEY AND WEAKEN OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ANUPPER-LEVEL TROUGH ARRIVING FROM THE GREAT LAKES SHOULD BEGIN TOINTERACT WITH THE REMNANT CIRCULATION OF HARVEY IN OHIO ONSATURDAY AND THEN DEVELOP IT SLOWLY AS AN EXTRATROPICAL LOW OVERNEW ENGLAND ON SUNDAY.

MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1001 MB...29.56 INCHES.

HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND-------RAINFALL...TROPICAL DEPRESSION HARVEY IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ANADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN FROM WESTERN TO CENTRAL TENNESSEEAND WESTERN TO CENTRAL KENTUCKY INTO EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA,SOUTHERN OHIO AND WEST CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA. LOCALLY HIGHERTOTALS OF 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FROM WESTERN TENNESSEE TO WESTCENTRAL KENTUCKY. THESE RAINS WILL ENHANCE THE FLASH FLOODING RISKACROSS THESE AREAS. MEANWHILE, WIDESPREAD SEVERE FLOODING WILLCONTINUE IN AND AROUND HOUSTON, BEAUMONT/PORT ARTHUR/ORANGE, ANDEASTWARD AROUND THE LOUISIANA BORDER THROUGH THE WEEKEND. DO NOTATTEMPT TO TRAVEL IN THE AFFECTED AREA IF YOU ARE IN A SAFE PLACE.DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED ROADWAYS.

...SELECTED PRELIMINARY STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN INCHES THROUGH 4AM CDT